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hornet's nest 

A violent and/or very argumentative/controversial situation.
1. Ever since 9/11, the US has been at war and in a political hornet's nest with terrorism worldwide.

2. Jamal and Terrell really got into some gangsta shit when they stirred up a hornet's nest with their fellow Crips, who refused to share their McDonald's chicken selects with them.
hornet's nest by Mark H March 17, 2005

the hornet's nest 

Nick name for Charlotte, NC; aka Crunkville, the Queen City, and the QC.
Man, it was crunk as a mo-fo in the hornet's nest last night!

Hornet's Nest 

After taking a painful and stinging dump, only to find a small amount of shit in the toilet.
Damn, that hurt like a mother fucker. I could have sworn it was bigger than that? i.e. 'Hornet's Nest'

hornet's nest 

The sensation of intercourse (or any penetration into the vaginal orifice) when a woman has a yeast infection.
"After I had sex with a yeast infection, I told my boyfriend that I would never have a hornet's nest again."
hornet's nest by R_M_C September 23, 2005

Hornet's nest 

A group of people or a place these people engage in a confrontation of interests, land, politics, or ideas with a larger, more powerful group.
The city was called a hornet's nest of rebellion by a general of the British empire, so he didn't come back without his troops, and still faced defeat.
Hornet's nest by Solid Mantis July 12, 2016

go stick your head in a hornet's nest 

A less vulgar way to say "fuck off". I personally coined the phrase and used it once or twice on some motormouth who rubbed me the wrong way. Hornets are mean, six-legged bastards, even meaner than their cousins: the wasps.
Shemp: You couldn't let me do it. You had to gum up the works.

Larry: Ah, go stick your head in a hornet's nest.
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